Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-10

l am net here of my own free accord.
 would rather someone else would do the
 talking. think that if we only had more
 workers and less takers the labor movement
 would achieve greater results and be success
 ful.
 The rich man has every day desire for
 more wealth. In adding to it if he finds
 man standing in his way he will trample on
 him. That is what makes tyrant of man.
 All other things must stand aside, no matter
 how good the man is at first, if he starts out
 to get rich This we find true. It is as monopoly would havs it. Look everywhere and see how true this is. We find to-day all the telegraph lines of this country coming together under one management, yes, under one man. It is the same with railroads; they will soon be the same way. The ten dency on one hand is monopoly, on the other hand it is to do away with monopoly and bring the government under the people. That is what the Knights of Labor are trying to do to-day.
 Why have we such an organization as the K. of Ls In '61 people from north. west and east joined to fight for the flag. The war did more than avenge the insult to the flag, but it was after four millions of people had walked up out of bondage and the blacks stood side by side, entitled to the same priv ileges as the whites, we felt something had
 been accomplished. From that day slavery more terrible, more grinding and more mer
 ciless, but not by the lash in the hand, has
 been spreading over this country. It dictates
 to the judges on the bench what they shall
 or shall not do. But the revolution still goes
 on, one that will proclaim that the rights we
 want will come without the shedding of blood.
 That kind of a revolution of shedding blood is of no use. A revolution to be of any use must come from the hearts of the people and the hand must obey it's dictates. In the K. of l.. when man enters he is welcome, not on behalf of his trade or calling, but on be- half of the toiling millions of earth, no matter what be his nationality or color. He is told that he must help to redeem the insults
 heaped on labor. We want to make him feel that he stands in fear of no men. The K. of L. represents no creed, color, sex or national ity. By this we expect to accomplish much
 more than one devoted to one creed, color,
 sex or nationality. There are men to-day who feel and believe that one claes should
 eat bread and let the other class do all the
 sweating. We are not of that class. We
 believe that which man does not earn either by putting forth brain or hand work he has no right to and is the same as thief. We do not believe in robbery or idleness.
 It is not necessary that men should toll in
 the ditch, but that they be honest to be giv-
 en membership in the K. of L. The ques-
 tion of nationality has kept laboring men
 apart, and allowed the wedge to be entered
 between them and their rights until the K.
 of L. was organized. We said at the start
 no matter where you were born you are vel
 come. We represent all creeds, sexes, colors
 and nationalities.
 Another thing we are trying to do is to
 create healthy public opinion. Abraham Lincoln once said that with public opinion
 on your side you can do everything; without it nothing. The enemies of the K of L. are trying to turn public opinion in another di- rection. But have no fear of the results. The people outside are getting interested.
 One thing I believe is that the hours of labor should be reduced It should be done denly business is endangered. It can and should be done. will tell you why. When I was boy in the shop 1t took me six days to do the same work that can now do in the same number of hours. Why? Because it now can be done by machinery. One portion of labor saving machinery, the locomotive, is blessing. All labor saving machines can
 be blessing if made for the benefit of the people and not the few. Wherever you go you find labor saving machines disp1acing laboring men. The hours of labor should be reduced to give laboring men more time for recreation and make better men of them. I hope to see hours reduced from eight to six
 The argument that these two extra hours will be spent in the saloon cannot be applied here. We hold up before all our members the wrong to sell liquor, and we of course have the principle that it is wrong to drink it. Many have said to the laboring man, "Take the advice of Powderly, and be tenn perate."
 Of the members of the K. of L. 250 ,OOO have signed the total abstinence pledge If the incorporate ones are to leave sag, good bye. Mend your ways before coming back
 You will find in the factories children do- ing work. Why? Because of the labor saving machines. We find it possible to-day for 8 child to do work that fn Co fha 1oho have placed the child where the man ought to be. We desire that they should be in school to grow up in intelligence with the children of rich neighbors of ours. It makes better citizens of them. That is why we de- sire legislation that ..no child shall be em- ployed until fifteen years old. The labor saving machines have driven the infant into the field as competitor of it's parent.
 We are having men brought to us every day. I don't think we have too many. But they should come of their own accord and not be brought over by corporations. refer to our immigrants. On every vessel we find individuals deceived to come over here by wrong. Let it be free and steady and not let these corporations load our country with these people. don't oppose foreigners, but l do oppose these people being deceived by these corporations and brought here. say, let every man raise his voice against this sort O1 Au1uulSraLlOu. LeG the 1OrelGn come or ms own free will He is told by these corpora tions that he will get big salary here, that land is cheap. When he lands at Castle Garden he finds that all the land that is free comes up between the cobble stones on the street. He must stay. There is no way to get back. He must go to the top story of tenement house tolive. Who can blame him from hating this country? They were de- oeived. Who can blame him if in years time he is an Anarchist! I say that am not opposed to the foreign, but I do object to this kind of immigration, and if that is op- posing them then am willing to be placed on record as being opposed to them.
 During MT. Powderly's address he was frequently applauded. He was the recipient of basket of flowers. After the address a reception was given him at the K. of L. hall He Brought Excellent Endorsements.
 J. v. D. Kelly, the man who eloped with young Philadelphia girl ,came to be employed